noun

  1. scented ink, honorific reference to another's letter.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
芳墨 ほうぼく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

perfume, balmy, favorable
かおる ホウ かんば.しい (8th, N1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
direction, person, alternative
ホウ かた なた (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
ten thousand, 10,000
バン マン よろず (2nd, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)
black ink, India ink, ink stick
すみ ボク すの (8th, N1)
black
くろ コク (2nd, N4)
ri, village, parent's home
さと リ さ (2nd)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ